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It is a very important article perfectly emphasizing our globally mutual interdependence.
This is an unprecedented situation in our history, we only evolved into the present global, integral human system recently.
And since we have no historical examples, experience we still do not know how to adapt to this system, in turn threatening our immediate future, even our survival.
The main problem is our inherently self-centered, subjective perception, human nature that drives us towards ruthless, exploitative competition, "mutual destruction" as the article mentions, and even if we realize our mutual interdependence, unless we change our inherent nature, the way we relate to each other, we will continue running in circles and inevitably fall into the same traps as we did before but each time with greater, more intense and more destructive explosions.
We are at crossroads, we cannot continue our evolution in the previous and present instinctive manner simply obeying our inherent nature.
We have to start reprogramming ourselves.
The cancer cells have to learn how to live in a mutually complementing way to give birth and sustain the life of our mutual human organism.
And in order to do this reprogramming in a positively motivated way, our only option is education, information exchange, equal and mutual connections and discussions, and drastic change in our social values and goals.

An excellent article that covers so much in such a short draft; indeed the complex nature of inter-connectivity, when it comes to food, water and energy, we have an inter-play of national-private interests at cross purpose with the global good. If the world wants to consume at the same per capita rate as U.S. in water, food or energy, the shortage would bring in conflicts, the intensity of which could be far more potent than the two global wars the world had witnessed. Perhaps, it is not to be, because the severe restrictions that local and national level politics pretenses, much as a detriment to the interests of the poor and the marginal farmers, is sufficient to intervene in the process that would make cooperation stymied between nations, which is precisely the reason why global growth is stunted and muted by any standard.

However, I doubt that the effects of this interdependence will lead to more cooperation and increased security. The mounting domestic policy pressures stemming from the stress of increased resource scarcity will likely impede any progress.

Hopefully, in a few years time, I will be proven wrong and can laugh at myself over my overly cynical and pessimistic outlook.